Canada's First Quantum delays $1 bln Zambia capex - director

LUSAKA, June 24 (Reuters) - Canada's First Quantum
has delayed investment projects worth more than $1 billion in
Zambia due to uncertainty over the fiscal regime in Africa's
second biggest copper producer, a director said on Tuesday.

"There has been a lot of uncertainty in the fiscal regime.
First Quantum has either slowed down or postponed over $1
billion in capital expenditure because of this uncertainty,"
company director Matt Pascal told a mining conference.

"If this chorus against the mining industry continues it
will end up killing the golden goose," he added.
(Reporting by Chris Mfula; Writing by Tiisetso Motsoeneng;
Editing by Ed Cropley)